Damn, if America is cursed, then what exactly are Africa and the Middle East? God is seemingly punishing these places without mercy -- endless wars, rampant disease, low growth and standards of living -- while affording the cursed ones all the privileges of first-worldedness.

Damn, if America is cursed, then what exactly are Africa and the Middle East? God is seemingly punishing these places without mercy -- endless wars, rampant disease, low growth and standards of living -- while affording the cursed ones all the privileges of first-worldedness.

Interesting idea. They must have done something horrible to receive this much karmic pay back.

They must have done something horrible to receive this much karmic pay back.

I think that this is a ridiculous enough idea to serve as a reductio for the belief that peoples' well-being is merely a function of their standing in the eyes of God -- there's nothing those dying African children could have possibly done to spite God so. But this cuts the other way too, undermining peoples' claim that their good well-being is due to God's opinion of them (viz., His loving them).

I think that this is a ridiculous enough idea to serve as a reductio for the belief that peoples' well-being is merely a function of their standing in the eyes of God -- there's nothing those dying African children could have possibly done to spite God so. But this cuts the other way too, undermining peoples' claim that their good well-being is due to God's opinion of them (viz., His loving them).

Human suffering is brought about by human beings. God has nothing to do with it. Blaming GOD for human failings is the biggest cop-out. It's a way for human beings to avoid responsibility. I mean if GOD almighty himself sanctioned other peoples human suffering, who are we to intervene. The list of justifications and rationalizations human beings use to avoid taking responsibility is ENDLESS.

Human beings gather into groups and only co-operate within that particular group. Differing groups will regularly clash over resources. The only real solution to overcome this is to form one large cohesive group where all human beings are on the same page. How this can be achieved I don't know, especially with religious Nutters like the Muslims and the jews determined to NEVER change their ways. Perhaps this is why the Elites push a ONE WORLD ORDER. Democratic countries rarely go to war with one another (that's why democratic countries try to spread democracy, in the long run people are better off co-operating than fighting). So it is a matter of choosing a system that works and making it Universal. JMO.